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come before

come before verb: to appear publicly in front of someone superior.

Verb

come before (third-person singular simple present comes before, present participle coming before, simple past came before, past participle come before)

  1. (transitive) To appear publicly in front of someone superior.
    • He was summoned to come before the king.
  2. (transitive) to be of greater importance (than)
    • Looking out for your family should come before making money.
  3. (transitive) to be judged, decided or discussed by authority.
    • Jones' behavior will come before the board of directors.
  4. (transitive) To precede.
    • F comes before G in the alphabet.
    Synonyms:
    forego

come before meaning in Tamil

come before in Tamil

to come before
முற்படு muṟpaṭu

Synonyms of come before

Forms of come before

third-person singular presentcomes before
present participlecoming before
pastcame before
past participlecome before

Questions about come before

What does come before mean?
Come before means to appear publicly in front of someone superior.
What is come before in Tamil?
Come before in Tamil is முற்படு (muṟpaṭu). See Come before meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is come before?
Come before is a verb.
What is the past tense of come before?
The past tense of come before is came before.

Words near come before in the dictionary

  1. come back from
  2. come back from the dead
  3. come back to bite
  4. come back to haunt
  5. come back to one's senses
  6. come before
  7. come between
  8. come by
  9. Come By Chance
  10. come calling
  11. come clean

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Adapted from Wiktionary: come before (page history and authors); முற்படு (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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